Finale basically came down to who made the best dips, which was a ridiculous state of affairs.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Thursday, 15 November 2018 12:45 (five years ago) link
rahul's eeyoreishness was wearing a bit thin by the end of the series tbh
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
I kind of enjoyed that he didn't have a narrative or "journey" and essentially stayed the same throughout the season - he's kind of the anti-Nadiya - if only because you have to assume it bugged the hell out of the producers.
And it felt real - I like anything that challenges the idea that depressed people just need external success to Snap Themselves Out Of It
(NB I love Nadiya obvs)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
as a committed sad-sack myself despite having a pretty good life it was kinda educational to see someone else maintain their downcastness despite continued success, i guess
nadiya remains the best thing to have come out of the bake off by quite some distance imo (ruby 1.0 probably second-place)
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
nadiya's cooking shows is heinously BBC but the recipes are really good (she's a good un-smug host too)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
I got the cooking book for that and she has some bold ideas - fish finger lasagna!
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
I got a bit fed up with Rahul's schtick round about the time he claimed to have no idea what Star Wars was. Though him failing to fist-bump Noel was all-time. He should really have been out in Danish week. Poor Manon. I'm sure she'd have killed it on patisserie week as well.
I really need a Kim-Joy in my life. Space turtles! I spent most of the frankly stupid pitta and dips technical terrified she was going to set her skirt on fire.
Would absolutely kick it with Ruby 2.0, btw.
― ailsa, Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
Don't forget, there is a Ruby 3.0 (I think Luke's dog)!
Just saw Terry's elimination and while it was obviously a long time coming, the unexpected background he gives us was awfully heartbreaking.
Also noticed that the older seasons (the ones not aired in the US) are also on Netflix. Yay!
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Thursday, 15 November 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
That's a shame to hear that Rahul's crippling self doubt us sticking around. I wish that his verbosity was good defining characteristic instead.
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Thursday, 15 November 2018 23:38 (five years ago) link
Am I the only one who didn’t notice Bryony’s hand for a long time? I think it’s so great that she didn’t want to call it outhttps://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/great-british-bake-off-briony-williams_uk_5be7f3a5e4b0e8438898b301
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 06:11 (five years ago) link
Terry’s elimination was so moving. I really quite like the way they handle those kinds of details. Much more subtle & sympathetic than the usual reality show method of excavating every human emotionI felt a little skeptical of Kim Joy at first because she was so twee but i just love her to death now that it’s all over. And her animals & decorating is so gooood!I liked Rahul, because his self-doubt wasn’t self-aware enough that he was trying to get pity or to get ppl to make him feel good, it was just sort of, factual. I dunno. Plus his reactions to judging were beyond any normal sadsack behaviour. I found him oddly fascinating/endearing.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
Rahul was probably my favorite Bake Off contestant ever.
― JRN, Friday, 16 November 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
his eye for design is really impressive
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
wanna eat some of those bakes too
God yeah some of his cakes were so *beautiful*
I love this photo of him, he looks weirdly like a young Roger Ebert
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NINTCHDBPICT000427771877.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 November 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
Or, er,
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 November 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
But against that he put buttercream on doughnuts.
"Buttercream?" "Buttercream?"
― koogs, Friday, 16 November 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
Funeral donuts <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
I didn't notice Briony's little hand till the second episode I think, and even then I wasn't sure because the shots rarely lingered on it.
Forgot to mention that when Kim Joy removing hey turtle galaxy hemisphere from its mold to reveal the smart of starts, I got real chills. One of the coolest reveals, right up there with the opening of the watermelon cake.
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Friday, 16 November 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
Terry’s elimination was so moving. I really quite like the way they handle those kinds of details. Much more subtle & sympathetic than the usual reality show method of excavating every human emotion
Yeah! And even when he was leaving, he never said flat out that the love of his life had just died and he was still grieving. It's all very British but super affecting, and something I like about this show that other reality programs don't do.
Ruby puts the bee in her name with all the buzzing that does. (I still miss the whacking, though, as far as weird idioms go.)
Dan: Tres Butch. Wish we could've gotten our resident Frenchie to translate that one.
Speaking of, is Manon the first French person on the program?
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Friday, 16 November 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
i think so
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
I love how everything she made was a variation on French baking...and then she goes out right before the patisserie showstopper!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
Just finished vegan week, and I would kill to have tasted all of the showstoppers.
Noel's vegan week song was great too.
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Saturday, 17 November 2018 07:06 (five years ago) link
Finished! I have to say that the finale was underwhelming, at least design wise. The judges specifically mention that Kim Joy's (?) didn't look appetizing, and I thought that could have applied to all three. But then I am an ignorant fool.
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Sunday, 18 November 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
I liked that Rahul went for naturalistic look rather than playing up the cake-ness of everything.
I felt sad for Kim-Joy but I think that because she didn't build up the surface very much, with it being an expanse of flat ground with the ruins on top, it didn't look quite as landscapey as it did architechtural. It was a cool idea that could have done with a bit more tweaking in the design phase.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 November 2018 06:26 (five years ago) link
I think they'd decided a while back that Rahul should win, hence him escaping Danish week despite doing nothing right, them allowing him extra time in the final when they'd said they weren't going to, and singling others out for a criticism they weren't levelling at him. Ostensibly the final was judged entirely on the showstopper alone because Kim-Joy won the other two tasks.
I've got absolutely no issue with him winning overall, he was mostly excellent throughout, but I feel like they jumped through hoops and did a wee bit of rule-fudging to facilitate it.
― ailsa, Sunday, 18 November 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
It seemed fair that he got extra time, given that it didn't (appear to be) his fault that the jar exploded!
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 18 November 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
yeah that seemed reasonable to me
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 November 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
Aye, it was just the way they were saying they weren't going to it then changed their mind, seemed to tie in with some Rahul bad luck redemption arc. Telly, innit.
― ailsa, Sunday, 18 November 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
I think he should've rolled with the exploding jar. That's not a glass shard in your cake, it's a prize!
I can buy in to the producers being in the tank for Rahul, though it's not super objectionable because he has the chops.
I think Ruby really was stroppy for stealing Kim Joy's mojo; but seriously KJ, did she even have a single animal in the last bake?
― Alexandric Ocasek-Carstez (Leee), Monday, 19 November 2018 04:43 (five years ago) link
have you watched Liam Bakes? he's quite a natural but i do wonder how he isn't 20+ stone given the stuff he's been baking on that. they've also urbaned it up somewhat, graffiti everywhere, public enemy soundtrack...
― koogs, Monday, 26 November 2018 11:27 (five years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/liamcbakes/
― koogs, Monday, 26 November 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/the-great-british-baking-show-recipe-illustrator.html
― koogs, Monday, 3 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
this show needs to have less impossibly beautiful people as contestants. I cant focus on anything.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 3 December 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/great-british-baking-show-ruby-bhogal-interview.html
Charming interview with our favorite stroppy contestant.
― Autechre Auditor (Leee), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 06:25 (five years ago) link
the Paul Hollywood handshake is like a scratching needle in this show.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
paul hollywood should be banned from touching anyone tbh
― fans annoyed as emily atack screams over nick knowles' kumquat (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:51 (five years ago) link
went to guaridan to look for the article on kim joy that ailsa originally posted:https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/12/i-was-preety-much-mute-at-school-the-bake-offs-kim-joy - the one which does away with my notion that she's too whimiscal to survive in the world
and found this
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/dec/11/kim-joy-bake-off-guide-to-a-very-edible-christmas-baking-recipes
which includes the sentence "My partner, Nabil, wanted to eat it straight away, but I had to take it outside and hold it over a hedge to photograph it"
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
elsewhere, nadiya's just back from thailand and nepal and cambodia for a two-part bbc thing, which was interesting and nothing i could see raoul doing.
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
nadiya is the fucking best
― fans annoyed as emily atack screams over nick knowles' kumquat (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
Nadiya has impressive racist-fu on Twitter as well.
― suzy, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
xxpost *cough* RAHUL
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 December 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
(yeah, i noticed the correct spelling about 4 seconds after posting. Apologies)
Liam continues to make eye-wateringly sweet things on his ch4 show. Who puts chocolate on nachos?
― koogs, Thursday, 13 December 2018 06:08 (five years ago) link
ew
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 December 2018 06:27 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/28/liam-charles-recipe-dessert-nachos-popcorn-sugar-lime-dip
― koogs, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:55 (five years ago) link
I am going to make my first ganache today!
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Sunday, 30 December 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
:D good luck!!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 December 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
Won’t be getting onto the show with this but it’s pretty tasty!
https://imgur.com/gallery/UL9i0dF
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Monday, 31 December 2018 02:19 (five years ago) link
nice!! tasting good is the most important part
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 31 December 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/581578/
Cute!
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Saturday, 16 February 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link